Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Carrot Cake is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:

1. Prepare Carrot Cake:
2. Make ready pecans or walnuts- lightly baked & coarsely chopped
3. Prepare raw carrots (about 2 1/2 cups finely grated)
4. Prepare all-purpose flour
5. Take baking soda
6. Get baking powder
7. Get salt
8. Get ground cinnamon
9. Prepare large eggs
10. Prepare granulated white sugar
11. Make ready sunflower, vegetable or canola oil (or other flavorless oil)
12. Get vanilla extract
13. Make ready Cream Cheese Frosting:
14. Get unsalted butter, room temperature
15. Prepare cream cheese, room temperature
16. Make ready confectioners (powdered or icing) sugar, sifted
17. Make ready pure vanilla extract
18. Take freshly squeezed lemon juice
19. Make ready finely grated lemon zest (outer yellow skin) (optional)

Steps to make Carrot Cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Butter, or spray cake pan.
2. Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon.
3. With electric mixer, beat the eggs until frothy (about 1 minute). Add the sugar and vanilla extract and beat, on high speed, until the batter is thick and light colored (about 3 - 4 minutes). With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the oil in a steady stream and then beat until combined. Add the flour mixture and beat just until incorporated. With a rubber spatula fold in the grated carrots and chopped nuts.
4. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean.
5. Cream Cheese Frosting: With electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Add the lemon juice and beat until incorporated. Add the soft cream cheese in four to five additions (scraping the bowl as needed), beating until incorporated and the frosting is nice and smooth.
6. To Assemble: Once the cake is cool, slice it in the middle. Place one layer of the cake on your serving platter. Spread with about 3/4 cup (150 grams) of the frosting. Gently place the second cake layer onto the frosting and spread the rest of the frosting over the top and sides of the cake. If desired, garnish with toasted nuts. Serve cold or bring to room temperature before serving.

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